HC Deb 21 April 1999 vol 329 c547W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will rank the 10 local authorities with the greatest number of dwellings built before 1919. [81351]

Mr. Raynsford

The latest available information is as follows:

Local authority stock at 1 April 1998
Local district or unitary authority Number of dwellings
Islington 7,934
Camden 7,733
Southwark 6,155
Lambeth 5,560
Lewisham 4,867
Leeds 4,827
Hammersmith 4,491
Birmingham 4,240
Westminster 3,765
Haringey 2,562

Source:

DETR Subsidy Claim Form 1998

Private sector stock (including stock of Registered Social Landlords) in 1989
Local district or unitary authority Number of dwellings
Birmingham 105,485
Liverpool 66,586
Manchester 61,894
Bristol 60,572
Westminster 58,459
Bradford 57,023
Kensington and Chelsea 53,021
Wandsworth 51,889
Kirklees 51,838
Sheffield 51,819

Source:

DOE Housing stock survey 1989

The figures of private sector stock do not take account of sales or transfers by local authorities after 1989.